Clear some space in your Steam library because August isn’t pulling any punches. From long-awaited indie launches to games that have seemingly appeared out of nowhere, this month’s lineup is packed with roguelikes and roguelites that deserve a spot on your wishlist.
We’ve put together the biggest August roundup you’ll find anywhere, bringing together all of the month’s major releases in one place. Whether you’re hunting for fast-paced FPS roguelites, stylish cyberpunk adventures, strategic deckbuilders, clever dice-based games, action roguelites, co-op horror, or a few wonderfully weird surprises, there’s something here with your name on it.
1. CyberDeck: The Cyberpunk Roguelike Deckbuilder | Aug 1st
Kicking off the month we have CyberDeck: The Cyberpunk Roguelike Deckbuilder launching into Early Access.
The Sprawl is a tower built to keep people at the bottom, and climbing it means choosing an Operator with their own reasons for reaching the top. CyberDeck gives you six characters, each with completely different mechanics and playstyles. GG builds momentum through rapid attacks, El Money manipulates luck, CyberMaster fights through rhythm, Keeper plans ahead, Angel of the Abyss chains combos, and Tinkerer balances unstable builds. With every Operator changing how a run unfolds, CyberDeck turns each climb into a new challenge built around experimentation, strategy, and finding the perfect build.
2. Cyberpunk Inquisitor | Aug 3rd
The city is full of secrets, but finding the truth means knowing which lies to believe. Cyberpunk Inquisitor puts you inside a sprawling megabuilding where every murder investigation is different. Instead of fighting through enemies, you’ll question witnesses, gather evidence, and piece together clues to identify the culprit before corruption consumes the city. Each case is randomly generated, bringing new suspects, locations, and twists with every investigation. By combining traditional detective work with roguelite replayability, Cyberpunk Inquisitor offers a very different kind of challenge where your greatest weapon is your ability to uncover the truth.
3. Soul Scroll | Aug 3rd
Survival takes more than a strong weapon in Soul Scroll. This fantasy action roguelite begins with nothing, asking you to gather resources, build a settlement, and slowly turn a dangerous wilderness into a thriving home. Each run sends you into a procedurally generated world filled with different biomes, rivers, resources, and monsters waiting to be defeated. As your village grows, you’ll unlock stronger gear, expand your buildings, and prepare for the ultimate challenge: taking on the final boss. Combining survival, settlement building, and roguelite progression, Soul Scroll offers a different kind of adventure with every new run.
4. Anomaly President | Aug 3rd
Running for president is only half the battle in Anomaly President. By day, you’ll gather votes and campaign for power. By night, you’ll trade speeches for swords as you transform into a warrior and fight your way toward overthrowing the ruthless president. This unusual roguelike action game lets you shape your character with different abilities, creating builds that range from swordmasters to cyber mages and everything in between. With politics, combat, and character progression all wrapped together, Anomaly President offers a strange journey where winning the election might be easier than surviving the battles that follow.
5. Cat Crisis | Aug 5th
Saving kittens has never looked quite this chaotic. Cat Crisis puts you in the paws of a tiny feline hero on a mission to rescue adorable kittens while avoiding terrifying dogs and whatever else stands in your way. This co-op roguelike lets up to four players team up, combining stealth, action, and plenty of ridiculous moments as you sneak under furniture, set traps, throw bombs, and hit the meow button when things get desperate. Each mission makes you stronger as you rescue kittens and earn cash for new equipment, but the danger keeps increasing. Sometimes saving catkind requires a little teamwork.
6. RE: Night | Aug 5th
The night has lasted far too long, and ending it will require more than simply swinging a sword. Re:Night combines turn-based tactical combat with roguelike deckbuilding, asking you to command a team of three characters while building powerful combinations of cards, equipment, and abilities. Positioning matters just as much as the cards you play, with flanking, blocking, elemental effects, and battlefield interactions all shaping each encounter. With more than 300 cards, over 100 pieces of equipment, and countless team combinations to explore, every run offers new ways to approach the fight and uncover the secrets behind the endless night.
7. Montabi | Aug 6th
Collecting creatures is only the beginning in Montabi. This creature-collector roguelike deckbuilder asks you to build a team of unique companions, evolve their abilities, and combine their strengths in tactical turn-based battles. Starting with one of 22 creatures, you’ll build a team capable of taking on the forces threatening the city, with each Montabi bringing their own deck and playstyle to the battlefield. With over 60 creatures to collect, randomized events, equipment, charms, and a 3×3 grid-based combat system, every run gives you another chance to discover the perfect team combination.
8. Grain Rot | Aug 7th
Surviving the wasteland is only half the problem in Grain Rot. This co-op extraction horror game sends you and your friends into shifting underground ruins where you’ll scavenge resources, battle the Corrupted, and try to make it back before everything falls apart. As Living Sparks trapped inside fragile wooden vessels, death doesn’t end the journey—it simply means finding another way to continue. Between physics-driven chaos, procedurally shifting dungeons, and a persistent Outpost to rebuild between runs, every expedition becomes a risky choice between pushing deeper for better rewards or escaping while you still can.
9. Pax Autocratica | Aug 10th
Building a colony is one thing. Building a totalitarian empire and personally leading its battles is something else entirely. Pax Autocratica combines colony management with FPS roguelite combat, putting you in charge of a regime where every decision shapes the society growing around you. Assign citizens to gather resources, enforce policies, and expand your state, then step onto the battlefield alongside your troops in chaotic fights against enemies, machines, and massive threats. Between expeditions, you’ll collect powerful cores that change your weapons, abilities, and army. The result is a strange sci-fi experiment about power, control, and the consequences of absolute authority.
10. The Severed Gods | Aug 10th
Heroes may fall, but their journey continues in The Severed Gods. This fantasy roguelite RPG sends reincarnating warriors into a world threatened by the mystic dragon Umbra, combining tactical turn-based combat with a constantly changing adventure. Battles revolve around breaking enemy defenses and severing specific body parts to weaken powerful foes, including giant bosses with their own weaknesses and attack patterns. Between fights, relics allow you to reshape your abilities while evolving villages, changing NPC interactions, and shifting storylines make each run feel different. With multiple heroes, branching routes, and hundreds of skills and items to discover, every attempt reveals something new.
11. Swordcery | Aug 11th
A giant sword has pierced the world of Armorial, and now enchanted blades are falling from the sky. In Swordcery, you’ll take control of Colt, a hero who can wield these fallen weapons and use their magical abilities against the Celestial force threatening to consume the world. Each sword brings its own Swordcery ability, from lightning strikes and hellfire fissures to protective rings of icy blades, while different Sword Classes change how you approach combat. With procedurally generated dungeons, new swords to discover, relics to collect, and upgrades to shape each run, Swordcery turns every attempt into a search for the perfect arsenal.
12. Echoes of Mystralia | Aug 11th
Magic is only as limited as your imagination in Echoes of Mystralia. This action RPG roguelite puts you in control of Mazarim, a Watcher tasked with protecting the Cycle of Memories from the Shadows of the Past. Rather than simply collecting spells, you’ll create them yourself by combining and rearranging magical abilities to build a combat style that feels completely personal. As you explore a world shaped by lost memories, every journey brings new encounters, challenges, and rewards. With deep spell customization, powerful bosses, and a story centered around a world fighting to remember itself, Echoes of Mystralia offers a more creative take on magical combat.
13. Underwater Duo | Aug 12th
Controlling one character is easy. Controlling two at the same time is where things get interesting. Underwater Duo puts you in charge of a turtle and jellyfish duo, with each hand controlling a different aquatic hero as they battle through waves of dangerous sea creatures. The turtle brings the strength, smashing enemies in close combat, while the jellyfish attacks from range with powerful blasts. As the danger increases, you’ll evolve your duo, combine their abilities, and discover new ways to survive the depths. You can even team up with another player and see how well your coordination holds up.
14. Hellbridge | Aug 13th
The living world has one final defense, and it is sitting on a single bridge between two worlds. Hellbridge puts you in the middle of a relentless siege against the forces of Hell, where surviving each wave means adapting your build and making every spell choice count. During each run, you’ll draft new abilities, combine powerful effects, strengthen your spirit companion, and decide whether to focus on destruction, control, or survival. When the pressure reaches its peak, cursed gates open and send you directly into the source of the invasion. Hold the bridge, grow stronger, and prepare for the next assault.
15. Pro Jank Footy | Aug 13th
Australian Rules Football has never looked quite this ridiculous. Pro Jank Footy takes the sport and throws the rulebook out of the window, replacing it with absurd power-ups, unpredictable matches, and enough chaos to make every game feel completely different. Score goals and your opponent gets to choose from over 150 abilities that can change everything, from removing umpires to turning players into footballs. Alongside local and online multiplayer, there’s also a season mode where you can build your team’s deck of ridiculous powers. It’s arcade sports with a roguelite twist and a distinctly Australian sense of humor.
16. Lootbound | Aug 14th
Every adventure begins with a single hero, but surviving the journey means building the right team and the perfect loadout. Lootbound combines turn-based tactical combat with roguelite progression, sending you through a dark fantasy world filled with dangerous enemies, valuable loot, and companions waiting to join your cause. Equipment management plays a major role, with items placed around your inventory to create powerful combinations through unique auras and effects. As you progress, you’ll make risky choices, customize your squad, and eventually build a unique Guardian before facing the final challenge waiting at the end of your run.
17. Darkest Dungeon®: The Fire’s Edge | Aug 18th
Two familiar faces are returning to the Old Road. Darkest Dungeon: The Fire’s Edge brings the Duelist and Runaway from Darkest Dungeon II into the original game, giving players new ways to approach the horrors waiting beneath the manor. The Runaway brings a new Burn mechanic to combat, using fire, stealth, and positioning to wear down enemies, while the Duelist dances between offensive and defensive stances with her precise swordplay. The update also introduces new trinket mechanics and three new Hamlet Districts, giving veteran players more reasons to return to the darkness and test their party compositions.
18. GastroNomicon | Aug 19th
Someone has clearly taken the phrase “don’t play with your food” as a challenge. GastroNomicon is a chaotic roguelite shooter where you battle waves of deranged vegetables, collect strange weapons, and build a cursed factory dedicated to processing the world’s most dangerous ingredients. Each run takes you through procedurally generated arenas where random powerups, upgradeable cards, and changing objectives keep the action unpredictable. Between battles, you’ll expand your sinister food-processing empire using tower defense and automation mechanics, while unlocking cursed pages that reshape your strategy. It’s part shooter, part factory builder, and completely unlike anything else on the menu.
19. Mexican Ninja | Aug 20th
The streets of Nuevo Tokyo are controlled by the Narkuzas, a ruthless alliance formed when Narcos and Yakuzas joined forces. Taking them down is the job of the Mexican Ninja, a fighter armed with slick combos, outrageous Mexican Jutsus, and plenty of reasons to keep coming back for another run. This 2.5D roguelike beat ’em up combines arcade-style action with build crafting, letting you unlock new abilities, experiment with different fighting styles, and earn the favor of powerful spirits. With fast combat, customizable builds, and a world where Mexico and Japan collide, Mexican Ninja is bringing a very different kind of chaos to August.
20. PengPong | Aug 20th
PengPong takes the idea of bouncing your way through danger very seriously. This bullet-hell roguelike turns physics into your greatest weapon, asking you to use momentum, angles, and ridiculous projectiles to survive increasingly chaotic encounters. Guns, hockey pucks, earphones, and even pufferfish can all become part of your bouncing arsenal as you build combinations from more than 300 items. Between waves, you’ll decide whether to take risky deals, gamble for bigger rewards, or play it safe before the next challenge begins. With its vintage-inspired style and unpredictable physics, PengPong turns every run into a chaotic game of survival.
21. Grim Trials | Aug 20th
Death is only the beginning for Avelin. After an untimely end, she finds herself recruited into the Academy, a training ground for aspiring Grim Reapers where becoming a full-fledged soul collector means surviving a series of brutal trials. Grim Trials is a heavy metal action roguelite where you’ll craft weapons, customize your equipment, and fight through hex-grid arenas filled with monsters, traps, and sinful souls. Between runs, you’ll return to the Academy to learn from mentors, build relationships, and uncover the secrets of Avelin’s past. With customizable scythes, crossbows, and powerful blessings, every attempt brings her closer to embracing her fate.
22. Feed the Scorchpot | Aug 20th
Keeping a dragon happy for twenty years sounds simple enough. Unfortunately, the dragon in Feed the Scorchpot gets hungrier every year, and missing a meal means you might become the next thing on the menu. This dice roguelike challenges you to build an island, harvest ingredients, and create increasingly ridiculous recipes to keep your fiery customer satisfied. Farms, shrines, harbors, and more than 80 recipes help transform a small island into a powerful scoring machine, while changing odds and a growing appetite keep every run unpredictable. It’s cozy on the surface, but underneath it’s a battle against the numbers.
23. Yet Another Zombie Survivors | Aug 20th
The zombie apocalypse has a simple rule: the more undead you defeat, the stronger you become. Leaving Early Access on August 20, Yet Another Zombie Survivors throws you into a bullet heaven battle where your biggest challenge is building the right squad before the horde overwhelms you. Choose your survivors, customize their upgrades, and create powerful combinations as your team automatically tears through thousands of enemies. Whether you prefer a lone SWAT soldier or a full squad equipped with everything from flamethrowers to rocket launchers, every run gives you new ways to push your limits and turn the zombie army into your next challenge.
24. Ironsand | Aug 20th
The planet of the Long-Eared is under siege, and saving it means taking on some seriously oversized threats. Ironsand is a co-op FPS roguelite where up to four players team up to battle waves of machines, upgrade their characters, and build powerful combinations capable of bringing down colossal Titans. Each run lets you experiment with weapons, elemental effects, and combat modifiers while working together to create the perfect squad. The biggest challenges come in the form of massive war machines with unique attacks, forcing teams to coordinate their builds and strategies if they want to survive the invasion and uncover the truth behind it.
25. Ultrapool | Aug 25th
Pool has never been quite this strange. Ultrapool takes the familiar rules of the table and turns them into a colorful roguelike where every ball comes with its own bizarre ability. Build your perfect setup, create ridiculous trickshots, and chase bigger scores by combining balls with effects that completely change how each round plays out. Pocketing balls earns money that can be spent upgrading your collection, while the cocktail bar adds even more opportunities to create powerful combinations. With ghost balls, exploding bombs, and plenty of other strange surprises waiting on the table, Ultrapool turns every game into a puzzle of physics and strategy.
26. Bards Fault | Aug 27th
The survivor genre has always been about becoming stronger, but Bard’s Fault asks a different question: what happens when you bring your friends along for the chaos? This co-op action roguelike lets players team up against endless enemy swarms, combining abilities and building powerful synergies across each run. Every attempt lets you experiment with new cards, items, and skills, while death sends you back through time with new upgrades and clues about the mystery behind the broken timeline. With a focus on teamwork, build crafting, and multiplayer combinations, Bard’s Fault turns surviving the impossible into a group effort.
27. Cybersushi | Aug 27th
Tiny cybernetic sushi heroes racing through collapsing dimensions is not a sentence you hear every day, but CyberSushi is fully embracing the chaos. This fast arcade roguelite challenges you to chain streaks, trigger powerful WASABI abilities, fill your Sushi Surge, and stack wild Sushi Hacks as you build your perfect roster. Each run is about pushing further, discovering new combinations, and chasing that next impossible attempt. With its colorful cybernetic world and quick arcade-style action, CyberSushi looks set to bring a very different flavor to the roguelite lineup.
August Has Something For Everyone
From battling through zombie hordes and defending bridges from Hell to managing dragon meals, building dystopian empires, and turning pool into a score-chasing strategy game, August is packed with roguelite releases that refuse to play things safe.
There’s something here for almost every type of player. Fans of deckbuilders can experiment with CyberDeck and Montabi, action lovers have plenty of fast-paced combat waiting in games like Swordcery and Mexican Ninja, while co-op players can team up in titles like Cat Crisis, Ironsand, and Bard’s Fault. Even the stranger corners of the genre are getting plenty of attention, with games like GastroNomicon, Feed the Scorchpot, and CyberSushi proving there are still plenty of unexpected ideas left to explore.
Whether you’re looking for your next hundreds-of-hours obsession or simply want something new to try between bigger releases, August has no shortage of adventures waiting. The only difficult part is going to be finding enough time to play them all.